At least 100 observers will be dispatched by the Arab League to Algeria by the end of March, ahead of the legislative elections of 4 May, highlighted, in Algiers, the head of the League’s Electoral Affairs Department, Ambassador Hadia Sabry in a statement to the press following a meeting with the chairman of the High Independent Authority for Election Monitoring (HIISE), Abdelouahab Derbal, APS reported.
Sabri said that her visit to Algeria is part of the monitoring of the preparations of the forthcoming legislative elections, scheduled for May 4th , highlighting that these observers are from different Arab nationalities, chosen on the basis of their skills, experience and age.
“The other members of the delegation (100 to 110 observers) will arrive by the end of current month,” she added.
The official underlined that these observers will be dispatched across the 48 provinces of the country.
The forthcoming legislative elections will be marked by the participation of 12,591 candidates, through 1.088 lists, including 797 representing 63 parties, 163 independents and 128 representing three alliances.
